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Issue: Vol. 5787 No. 2: 7 Apr. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.12
Page range: 394-400
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An eyeless new species of Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Venezuela, with a new record of the single-eyed Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941 from the Dominican Republic

División Aracnología; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” CONICET; Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470; CP: 1405DJR; C.A.B.A.; Buenos Aires; Argentina. Grupo de Estudios en Sistemática y Conservación; Universidad del Atlántico; Barranquilla; Colombia. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
Araneae Monoblemma AraneaeCaribbean

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How to Cite

Martínez, L. (2026) An eyeless new species of Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Venezuela, with a new record of the single-eyed Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941 from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa, 5787 (2), 394–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.12